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Written by Mordechai Y. Scher
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 23:41 |
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I find it tremendously interesting that a convert looms nearly larger than life in a prominent place in the Torah. The weekly portion known by his name, Yitro, begins with the prominent role of this convert and ends with the Revelation at Sinai. Surely, not a coincidence.
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Written by Mordechai Y. Scher
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 20:51 |
Shabbat B’shalah is TU B’shvat. See our piece about the 15th of Sh’vat in the pdf version of our newsletter, available here.
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Written by Mordechai Y. Scher
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:06 |
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Thoughts for Parshat Bo
‘This month is the head of all months for you, the first of all the months of the year.’
In the context of the Torah and halacha, the year begins from the month of Nisan. When we talk about the cycle of the holydays, we start from Pesah. When a king is appointed, the particular year of his reign begins at Nisan. If he begins his reign in Adar, for example, then only thirty days later in Nisan he is considered in the second year of his reign.
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Written by Mordechai Y. Scher
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 20:22 |
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Some brief thoughts to hopefully entice further thought by the readers.
Recently I heard Rav Yair Kahn (on his weekly podcast from KMTT) note that the spiritual revelation that occurred at Yam Suf/the Sea of Reeds (mistakenly translated as Red Sea) was greater than anything experienced during all the miracles and plagues that occurred leading up to and during the exodus from Egypt. A simple enough observation, but one that may have some profound implications in my opinion.
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